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US unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent

by Take Two

Current and former military personnel stand in line for interviews at the Opportunity Job Fair on September 6, 2012 at the old Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

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Unemployment dropped to 7.8 percent, the lowest rate since President Obama took office in January 2009. It's an improvement but economic recovery is still slow, and California's economy is still struggling to keep pace with the recovery.

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